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Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

WHO urges virus unity after Trump attack

2:23 am April 9, 2020

Geneva: World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday urged leaders to stop politicising the coronavirus pandemic following stinging criticism of the WHO from US President Donald Trump. The WHO director-general urged the US and China to join forces in fighting the disease rather than indulging in a blame game. Tedros hit back after […]

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Trump announces to put a hold on WHO funding

3:20 pm April 8, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would put a hold on America’s funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of becoming China-centric during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the WHO. We’re going to put a very powerful hold on it and we’re […]

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WHO ‘very China centric’: Trump

1:10 am April 8, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused the WHO of being “China centric” and said the world health body issued “faulty” recommendations at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic. “The WHO really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric,” Trump said in a tweet, amidst allegations […]

Japan prepares for state of emergency over virus

7:51 pm April 6, 2020

Tokyo: Japan’s government began preparing Monday for the declaration of a state of emergency over the outbreak of the new coronavirus, as infections spike in the capital Tokyo and elsewhere. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was expected to meet late Monday with a panel of experts advising the government on the global pandemic, with widespread reports […]

Poor nations need COVID-19 research to avoid system ‘breakdown’

8:06 pm April 3, 2020

Paris: Research on the prevention of treatment of COVID-19 in poor and developing nations is urgently needed to avert a “complete breakdown” of health services, a coalition of more than 70 scientific bodies said Friday. The pandemic is currently hitting Europe and the United States the hardest, straining even their health systems to the limit. […]